Dirigible reflector and burner.



0. E. PETERSEN. I DIRIGIBLE REFLECTOR. AND BURNER.

APPL'IGA TION FILED NOV. 8, 1911.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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osoaR E. PETERSEN, or DES MOINES, IOWA.

DI IGIEL REELEo'roR AND BURNER. Y

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, OSCAR E. PETERSEN,

citizen of the United States of America,

' following is a specification.

and resident of Des Moines, Polk county,

Iowa, have invented a new and usefulDiri-.

gible Reflector and Burner, of which the The ob 'ect of this invention is to provide means for conjunctively turning the burner and reflector of a head-light, independent'of the casing containing-such burner and rej flecto-r, coincident'with .a turningof a car- -riage on which said head-light is mounted.

A further object of this invention is to providemeans for adjusting connections be tween burner and reflector turning devices burner.

and the steering mechanism of a carriage.

A further object of, this invention is to provide improved means for supplying illuminating gas to a dirigible reflector and My invention consists in the construction,

' arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth,' pointed out. in my claims'a-nd illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which I Figure 1 is a frontelevation and 2 i a yertical'. section illustrating my. improved device in position for practical use. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the indicated line of Fig. 2, illustrating the adjustable connections between the turning devices and steering bar of a carriage.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates a yoke or fork adapted to be mounted on a' carriage in the ordinary way, either at the center or one side at the front of the carriage. The yoke or fork 10 is formed with a tubular supportin stem 11 and a pipe 12 is mounted through aid stemand arranged loosely therein. A ball race or cup 13 is fixed to the yoke or fork 10 and a mating ball race or cup 14 is fixed to the pipe 12 above and in inverted relations 'to the first cup. Bear-. ing balls 15 are interposed between the cups or ball races 13, 14, thus providing a roller bearing and support for the pipe 12 in the yoke or fork 10. A lamp casing 16 of any desired construction is mountedin the usual wayon the fork or yoke 10 and the pipe 12 extends through the bottom of said cas ing and carries a burner 17 on its upper end.

' I have illustrated the burner 17 as adapted for the use of acetylene as is the illumlnatmg flu d new col eerily anal Sp'ecificat-ionof Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1911. Serial No. 659,568. I

.tube being secured to a nipple 19 opening set screw 21. I prefer such adjustment of flame supplied by the burner-'17.: A rod rod is bent laterally at its lower end. An arm 23 is secured to the laterally extending lower end port-ion of the rod 22 by bolts 24: and may be adjusted thereon longitudinally. The rod 23 is formed. with a slot 25 and extends across a steering bar 26 of any desired form. A bolt 27 is mounted through the the slot 25 of the arm 23'. Any desired means may be employed for reciprocating the steering bar 26 to govern and-control direction of travel of a carriage such as an automobile, and the same forms no part of my invention. Any reciprocation of the steering bar. 26 .will be communicated lation of the rod 22 on a vertical axis and such oscillation is communicated directly to the pipe 12. Inasmuch as the pipe 12 carries the burner 17 and reflector 20, any oscillation ofsaid pipe results in a corresponding oscillation of the burner and a movement of the reflector coincident there-- with through an arc and maintains the relations above described of the axis of the tube 18 is made of flexible material to compensate for any oscillation of the pipe 12. The loose connection of the bolt 27 with the arm 23 through the slot 25 compensates for arcuate travel of the bolt or vertical 'viarm. I

I claim as my invent1on,- w a 1. A dirigible reflector and burner "for auing a tubular stem a pipe mounted-through said stem, a casing carried by said yoke, sa d pipe extending within sald casing, a burner t,arried by said pipe within the casing, a re- 22 is fixed at its upper end in and closes the lower end portion of the pipe 12 and said steering bar 26 and extends loosely through vbration of the steering bar 26 relative to said Patented Nov. 2 ,1912. M f.

automobiles, and, such gas 'may befconveyed 5 to the pipe 12 through-atubeal8 leading from a source of supply: v(not shown), said rearwardly fromthe pipe belowthe casing: c; 16. A reflector 20 is mounted onthe upper end portion of the pipe 12 withinthe casing 16 and is adjustable circumferentially and longitudinally ofsaid pipe by means of a the reflector 20 on the pipe 12 th'at'the axis of the reflector if extended horizontally" would intersect a point at the center of thew through the bolt 27 and arm 23 to an osciljreflector and flame fromthe burner. The I tomobi'le head-lights comprising a'yoke hav fieetor mounted on said pipe within the cas- 2, A dirig'ible reflector and burner for automobilehead-lights,comprising a yoke havpipe, a burner on said pipe Within the casing a tubular stem, a pipe mounted through said stem', a casing carried by said yoke, said pipe extending within said casing, a burner carried by said pipe within the casing, a refiector adjustably mounted on said pipe within the casing, means for supplying fuel to said pipe, and means for oscillating said pipe on a vertical axis.-

3. A dirigible reflector and burner for automobile head-lights, comprising-a yoke having a tubular stem, a casing in said yoke, a

pipe mounted for oscillation in said stem and easing, aball, race on said yoke, ,race' on said pipe, balls interposed between a ball said races, an actuat ng rod fixed to said pipe, a fuel tube communicating with said nee see ing, and a reflector carried by said pipe within said casing. v

4. In a device ofthe character described, the combination with the steering rod of a self propelled Vehicle, of 'a' lamp, a rod ex:

tending upwardly through thebottom. int said lamp and provided throughout apertion of its length with a longitudinally extending bore, a burner carried by the top of said rod and communicating with said bore, means for supplying fuel to saidbore, a laterally directed arm carried by the upper end of saidlrod, a reflector-,carried by said arm and means operable by the steering rod for turning said rod together with the burner and reflector. v

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this thirty firs't day of January, 1911. OSCAR E. PETERSEN.

Witnesses:

S. C. SWEET, v y EARL M. SINCLAIR. 

